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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joined the House Committee program soon after it started.
(a) McCarthy.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Truman.
(d) Wallace.

2. Wills believes America needed what to start a new war?
(a) A stronger president.
(b) An enemy.
(c) More weapons.
(d) More money.

3. What did the IRS do to Hammett's money?
(a) Borrowed it.
(b) Took it.
(c) Left it alone.
(d) Froze it.

4. When did America first see Russia as a threat?
(a) When they acted aggressively towards Western Europe.
(b) When their economy improved.
(c) When they sent threats to America.
(d) When they became Communist.

5. Hammett compared his time in jail to ______.
(a) Hell.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) A resort.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a topic Hellman and Hammett rarely discussed?

2. What did Hellman believe caused people to join the Communist Party after the depression?

3. What distressed Clifford Odets about Hellman's testimony?

4. What did Hellman admire about the radicals?

5. What did Hellman believe were McCarthy's real convictions?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the House Committee, how did measures progress after Hoover joined?

2. How did Hammett respond to Hellman's plan to testify? Why did he react this way?

3. What would deem someone "guilty" to the House Committee?

4. Was Clifford Odets a hypocrite? How?

5. How was Hellman nearly unaffected by the depression?

6. How did Hellman change people's approach to the McCarthy hearings when called to testify?

7. Was Hellman a Communist? Why did the government scrutinize her?

8. How was Gary Cooper taunting the government during his hearing?

9. How did Hellman receive a rude awakening after Hammett's imprisonment?

10. Who created the Blacklist and House Committee and what was its purpose?

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